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If technology can avert mistakes, why shy away from it?

July 3, 2011

 

The page in Prabhat Khabar where this article (translated of course) appeared

You may shut your ears to the raging debate on corruption in the country but there is no escape from the argument over the International Cricket Council’s recent decision to implement a watered down version of the Decision Review System in all forms of international cricket and over how the Board of Control for Cricket in India has called the shots in getting ICC to drop ball tracking technology (Hawk Eye) from the list of aids for TV umpires.

And I paused to think if anybody has been able to stop the march of time or the advent of technology. We have come a long way from using valve radios to transistors to digital radio; from using typewriters to computers; from telephones to mobile phones; from cars that guzzled fuel to machines that are fuel efficient. Yes, technology touches our lives in every which way possible and it is natural that it makes its presence felt in cricket too – not just with making the TV viewing experience a memorable one but also in ensuring that umpires make the right decisions.

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Asif getting away with a light penalty

February 22, 2009

Cricket administrators are doing what they are known to do best – drag their feet – instead of giving Pakistan fast bowler Mohammed Asif the two year ban for testing positive for banned substance, Nandrolone, during the inaugural edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL) last year.
It is most disappointing that the International Cricket Council (ICC) has not told Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) to impose a ban on Asif for testing positive for the banned substance. At this point of time, only the IPL has banned Asif for a year from playing matches held under its banner.
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